Chapter 60: Chance Encounters (1)
The news that Zhou Jingya was pregnant spread like a gust of wind to every yard in the backyard of the Chu family.
It was getting late, and the girls were ready to say goodbye and go home.
"Rouge, thank you for your hospitality today, and if you have time, go to my house and sit down."
"yes, Rouge, we'll move around more in the future."
"Rouge, we also took away your chrysanthemums, I'm really sorry, my mother will like these chrysanthemums when she sees them."
"This chrysanthemum in your house is so beautiful, go home and let my aunt plant some too."
When several people were holding the chrysanthemums given by Rouge, they all said words of gratitude and invited Rouge to their home.
"It's nothing, we're all good friends, if you like it, just take a little more, we still have a lot of them at home."
After selecting the flowers, Rouge sent them to the gate.
The carriage and sedan chair had already been prepared in advance, and after everyone thanked them again, they got into the carriage and sedan chair and went home.
Chu Jingting, who returned home, carried two pots of chrysanthemums with her maid, which made Hu a little confused.
"Auntie, these two pots of chrysanthemums were sent by Rouge."
"Rouge sent it? Why did she give you chrysanthemums if she had nothing to do, but what was the bad meaning? β
After watching Hu Shi start to guess Rouge's intentions, Chu Jingting couldn't help but explain.
"Auntie, where is Rouge's special intention, Rouge invited me not only today, but also a few others. We walked around the house and saw a lot of chrysanthemums in their garden. β
Hu Shi didn't understand a little, he had only heard that Commander Pang's wife loved chrysanthemums, and held a chrysanthemum banquet every year, and he had never heard that the general's wife or princess also liked chrysanthemums.
"Jing Ting, this general's wife and princess also like chrysanthemums?"
Hu's guess was exactly the same as Chu Jingting's at the time, so he opened his mouth to explain.
"Auntie, it's not like that, this rouge's sister is recently pregnant, and her mind is on fire, so she sews a pillow with this chrysanthemum to calm her nerves."
When it came to pregnancy, Hu remembered that Zhou Jingya was also pregnant.
"Jing Ting, this afternoon, Mrs. invited a doctor in the courtyard, and after the diagnosis, it was said that Mrs. was pregnant for more than a month."
Chu Jingting was very surprised that Zhou Jingya was pregnant, on the contrary, Hu was much calmer.
"Auntie, is Madame pregnant?"
"Yes, the government doctor diagnosed it, and it can't be wrong."
"Auntie, why are you so calm?"
Hu Shi smiled, looked at Jing Ting and said.
"Silly daughter, what do I have to be uneasy, now that you are older, your aunt's hopes are all on you, besides, aren't those who should be anxious about those who don't have children yet?"
Rain Stone Temple.
After Wushuang came back from Taixue, he listened to the Holly beside him and told her that Zhou Jingya was pregnant.
Hurried back to the Rain Stone Courtyard.
As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he withdrew from the people who were waiting in the house and closed the door.
Holly and Natsu were guarding the door.
"Mother, I heard that Zhou Jingya is pregnant, is it true?"
Zheng looked at his son, who was a little shocked in front of him, and nodded.
"It's true, it's been more than a month."
"Okay, I haven't been pregnant for so many years, and now when we are about to move her, we are pregnant, which is really lucky."
Wushuang felt very unhappy with the news that Zhou Jingya was pregnant.
Zheng didn't react much, and unhurriedly brought a cup of tea to his son Wushuang.
"Have a cup of tea, just came back from school, and rushed home in such a hurry, I must be thirsty."
Wushuang took the teacup, and seeing Zheng's calm appearance, he knew that Zheng should have his own thoughts.
"Mother, do you have your own plans?"
"Shuang'er, you just have to study hard and communicate with some of your children, there is a mother in this backyard, you don't have to worry."
Zhao Mansion.
Liu knew that Rouge had given a few young ladies some chrysanthemums, and he was a little worried at first.
"Rouge, wouldn't it be good if you send chrysanthemums."
Liu said very vaguely, Rouge gave a gift to a friend for the first time, and he was afraid that Rouge had any other ideas.
"Grandmother, what's so bad about that?"
The hazy on the side heard the worry in Liu's words, and spoke.
"Rouge, this chrysanthemum can't be sent at will, if it's not good, what will people think, then the gain will outweigh the loss."
"No, I told them, these chrysanthemums are used to calm the nerves, and you can sew chrysanthemum pillows."
When Rouge said this, Liu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Rouge, I saw those young ladies today, they were all very good, and they made a special trip to greet me, they are really well-behaved people."
As soon as Liu's voice fell, Zhou Rongyin rushed back after dealing with the matter of the shop.
"I heard that those young ladies came to greet me in the afternoon, but unfortunately I wasn't there."
"Yes, aunt."
Rouge greeted him, took Zhou Rongyin's hand, went to the soft collapse next to Liu's, and poured a cup of tea for Zhou Rongyin.
"Uncle, you drink tea."
Rouge was so sensible and well-behaved, which surprised the people in the house.
"Rouge, why are you so sensible today?"
Liu, who spoke, looked at Rouge's movements, a little confused.
"It's not that you said that I, don't those young ladies know the rules and etiquette, I don't hurry up to learn and please my aunt, otherwise you don't like me, and my aunt should not like me."
It turned out that it was still afternoon, and Liu looked at Rouge, a little helpless.
"You, you, let your grandmother say that you are good, when did you be so stingy and still hold grudges?"
"Just hold a grudge, just hold a grudge, who let my grandmother say about me."
Zhao Zijun looked at Rouge, who was joking with Liu, and laughed.
"Rouge, you are also so naΓ―ve, like a child, you haven't grown up yet."
Where there is rouge, there is always a lot of laughter.
Pong House.
Pang Li was also extremely happy to see the chrysanthemums that Pang Jingyi got back.
"Jingyi, have you and Rouge already befriended? What's the relationship like between the two of you? β
Seeing that she asked her mother as soon as she came back, Pang Jingyi only felt helpless.
"It's good, Rouge treats me well, I know that you like chrysanthemums, this chrysanthemum has a calming effect, so I specially asked me to bring it back."
"Really? In this way, Miss Rouge is still extremely good to you. β
"Mother, I'm a little tired? Can you go back to your room and rest first? β
Thinking of the harmonious scene of grandparents and grandchildren in Rouge's family, looking at her mother in front of her, made Pang Jingyi feel a little tired.
"There you go."
The simple three words already made Pang Jingyi feel relaxed for a while, but fortunately, her mother was not pulling herself to ask questions, and she was spared from being questioned for a while.
Pang Jingyi, who returned to the boudoir, threw herself on the bed and lay on the bed, only feeling a restraint.
This home made Pang Jingyi feel depressed for a while, and she couldn't breathe, she longed for the life of the Zhao family, and there were not so many interests.
In the hall of Pang Mansion, the second son, Pang Yulang, was talking to Pang Li.
"Mother, I like the eldest lady of the Chu family yesterday, Chu Jingting, I heard that he is not married yet."
"Oh? Chu Jingting. β
"Yes, mother, if you have time, how about you go and look at each other?"
When Pang Li heard that his son had fallen in love with the eldest daughter of the Chu Mansion, he also had a headache.
"Yulang, why did you fall in love with that Chu Jingting, the young lady rouge of the Weiyuan General's Mansion at yesterday's chrysanthemum banquet was also very outstanding."
How could Pang Yulang not know his mother's thoughts.
"Mother, Miss Rouge is the heart of General Weiyuan, you see how much Mrs. Zhao and the princess defended her yesterday, that is, the county lord said a word about Miss Rouge, and the princess returned it word by word, how can we ask for Miss Rouge."
Seeing that his son's analysis was the head of the Tao, Pang Li disagreed.
"Our family is also a big family in Peizhou City, not to mention the first, the second and third can always be on the top. Although there is a county lord in Chu Mansion, in this generation, whether he has inherited the title or not, in the final analysis, it is only by relying on the ancestral foundation and the Jingya county lord that he still occupies the name in this Peizhou City. β
"Mother, do you think our family is very powerful?"
"Naturally, your father is the commander, and the civil officials of this Peizhou City are all under your father's control, and our Great Zhou Dynasty has been advocating literature and light martial arts since ancient times."
The current pattern of the world has long changed, and there is still a stable Great Zhou Dynasty. All places are about to move, and there have even been uprisings in some places, and my mother stays in this house all day, and her understanding of outside things is only limited to Peizhou City.
"Mother, ask your father when you have time, the current Peizhou City is not the original Peizhou City. The Zhao family has given us enough face, we can't be unclear, and we are delusional about more. Do you think that the rouge marriage that is favored by the Zhao family will still involve interests? β
For his mother, Pang Yulang really has nothing to say, his vision is too short-sighted, and he is always confined to this small house and a city.
"What do you say? There is no interest in any family marrying a daughter, even if an ordinary ordinary person marries a daughter, he also has to consider something, not to mention the family of General Weiyuan. β
Looking at such a stubborn Pang Li clan, Pang Yulang only felt a headache.
"Mother, you can figure it out, the Zhao family is just here to guard the border, people may not live here for the rest of their lives, besides, I dare to pack a ticket, this Miss Rouge's marriage, the Zhao family will definitely not interfere much, as long as Miss Rouge likes it and has a good character, even if it is a married woman, the Zhao family can let him be the husband of Rouge."
"How can you be so pampered with that rouge?"
"Mother, don't you know, why is this rouge obviously the granddaughter of General Weiyuan, but she has been living in Zhao Mansion?"
"I wonder why?"
"Rouge's mother is the only daughter of Mrs. Zhao, and she died in childbirth when she regenerated Rouge, so the Zhao family is extremely fond of Rouge, who lost her mother since childhood, did you see it yesterday, the clothes on Rouge's body are embroidered with silver thread."
"Really? How do you know that Rouge lost her mother since she was a child? β
"Didn't I go to the capital with my father some time ago to report on work, our imperial merchant Zuo family of the Great Zhou Dynasty is Miss Rouge's own family, and I also happened to hear a few people in the teahouse together."
"This rouge is really not an ordinary young lady, so ah, Yulang, you have to pursue her well, and strive to marry her home, this is the door, you have the final say on everything."
Pang Yulang looked at his mother in front of him, he had already broken the matter and told her, but he still didn't understand, which really made Pang Yulang feel haggard.
On the second day, it was still a day with excellent weather yesterday, but I didn't expect it to start to rain lightly at night, and it didn't stop in the morning.
Yesterday, something happened in Zhao's shop, Rong Yin only solved some general problems slightly, and there were many small things that were not solved, so he went out again after breakfast.
Rouge, who is idle at home and has nothing to do, also wants to go with Rongyin.
Thinking that Rouge should also learn how to read the account book and manage the affairs of his subordinates, Rong Yin took Rouge to the shop together.
When I arrived at the shop, the steward greeted me.
"Pei Cijun has seen Madame."
Seeing that Rouge was also half stunned, Rong Yin took Rouge's hand and faced Pei Cijun.
"Steward Pei, this is Miss Rouge."
"I've seen Miss."